Modern Wisdom

#187 - Life Hacks 201

22 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Jonny & Yusef from PropaneFitness.com join me as we begin the 2nd Season of Life Hacks. Our favourite tools, apps, websites, strategies & resources fo...

#186 - Elena Seranova - Overcoming Low Self-Esteem In Business & Life

20 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Elena Seranova is a business coach, entrepreneur & PhD student. Many of us could do achieve far more if only we had the confidence to go after what we...

#185 - Dr Benjamin Hardy - The Truth About Your Personality

18 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Benjamin Hardy is an organisational psychologist and an author. Do you believe that your personality is permanent? Innate & inbuilt? Dr Hardy disag...

#184 - Ethan Suplee - What It's Like To Lose 300lbs & Adele's Transformation

15 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Ethan Suplee is an actor & a podcaster. Ethan's fitness journey has been a rollercoaster - from 200lbs at 10 years old to 550lbs in his 20's and now 2...

#183 - William Leith - Why Some People Become Ridiculously Rich

13 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

William Leith is a journalist & an author. Acquiring an incredible fortune is the goal of many, but what is the true cost of being stupendously rich? ...

#182 - Dr Jack Lewis - The Neuroscience Of The 7 Deadly Sins

11 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Jack Lewis is a Neuroscientist, television presenter and an author. Why do we do the things we know we shouldn't? The 7 deadly sins have defined fo...

#181 - Rutger Bregman - Humankind: Are We Good Or Evil?

08 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Rutger Bregman is a historian & an author. It's a common-held view of humanity that humans are adversarial. Shaven chimps competing with each other fo...

#180 - Prince Ghuman & Matt Johnson - How Marketing Reshapes Our Brains

06 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Matt Johnson PhD is a Neuroscientist and Prince Ghuman is a Neuro-Marketer. Combining the insights of Neuroscience & Consumer Psychology can help us t...

#179 - Daniel Schmachtenberger - Reality, Meaning & Self-Development

04 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel Schmachtenberger works in preventing global catastrophic risk. As someone who spends a lot of time thinking about how to improve our entire civ...

#178 - George Mack - Mental Models 103

01 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Long time friend of the show and all round great human George Mack joins me today as we revisit the world of decision making. Mental Models are tools ...

#177 - Jim Mullane - How To Get Better With Books

30 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Jim Mullane is the man behind the fastest growing Instagram page focussed on self-development & books @GetBetterWithBooks. Developing a reading habit ...

#176 - Catch Up 105

28 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Jonny & Yusef join me again for another Catch Up episode. No agenda, no topics, just us talking about our lives & what we've been up to recently. Expe...

#175 - Greg McKeown - Essentialism Explained: How To Focus On What Matters In Life

25 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Greg McKeown is a public speaker, leadership & business strategist and New York Times Bestselling Author. Do you feel busy but not productive? Like yo...

#174 - Alex Kantrowitz - Why Are The Biggest Tech Companies So Dominant?

23 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Alex Kantrowitz is a Senior Tech Reporter at Buzzfeed and an author. The biggest tech companies on the planet are incredibly dominant and today we dis...

#173 - What Is The Fitness Menopause?

21 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Today I am joined by Jonny & Yusef from PropaneFitness. The Fitness Menopause is a concept we've been talking about for a while. It describes the tran...

#172 - Johann Hari - What Are The Real Causes Of Depression?

18 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Johann Hari is a writer & a journalist. Rates of depression are at an all time high and yet pharmaceutical drugs have never been more widely used. If ...

#171 - Stephen Hicks - Socialism & Postmodernism For Dummies

16 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Stephen Hicks is a Professor at Rockford University and an author. Socialism & Postmodernism are terms thrown around a lot but I don't really understa...

#170 - Massimo Piggliuci - 5 Exercises From Stoicism To Improve Your Life

14 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Massimo Piggliuci is a Professor of Philosophy at City College and an author. Despite being 2500 years old, Stoicism has recently seen a surge in popu...

#169 - Ollie Ollerton - Becoming Battle Ready

11 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Ollie Ollerton is an ex-Special Forces Operative, Instructor from SAS Who Dares Wins and an author. Life doesn't come with an instruction manual. We h...

#168 - Zack Telander - Stereotypes In Fitness & On The Internet

09 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Zack Telander is a weightlifter, coach & YouTuber. I'm joined by Coach ZT himself today for a chilled out discussion where we hit all the big topics, ...

#167 - Bruce Duckworth - Designing The World's Biggest Brands

07 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Bruce Duckworth is a designer and the Co-Founder & Co-Chairman of Turner Duckworth Design Company. Amazon's smile logo, Coca Cola's rebrand, Samsung, ...

#166 - Fat Tony - How To Spend £1,000,000 On Drugs

04 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Fat Tony is a DJ & promoter. Tony's story is fascinating. From being one of the biggest DJs in London's house music scene to running some of the best ...

#165 - Mike Michalowicz - Fix The Biggest Problems In Your Business

02 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Mike Michalowicz is an entrepreneur and an author. "An entrepreneur's biggest problem is they don't know what their biggest problem is" - hoooo boy if...

#164 - Dave Rubin - Going From Woke To Awake

30 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dave Rubin is a political commentator, YouTuber & author. Politics is possessive, and as a thinking human you need a roadmap to guide your route out o...

#163 - Richard Shotton - Psychology, Advertising & Human Behaviour

27 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Richard Shotton is a behavioural scientist, Founder of Astroten and an author. One of my favourite guests returns today as we discuss mental models, p...

#162 - Dr Sam Spinelli - How To Design Your Perfect Warmup

23 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Sam Spinelli is a Doctor of Physical Therapy and Strength & Conditioning Expert. The first thing you do before any workout is warm up, but understa...

#161 - Rob Henderson - Evolution & The Modern Dating Market

20 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Rob Henderson is a PhD candidate at the University of Cambridge and a US Air Force Veteran. The modern dating market is hard to navigate, our genetic ...

#160 - Michael Blevins - A Conversation Not About Fitness

16 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Michael Blevins is a coach, podcaster and part of the team who trained some of Hollywood's biggest stars for screen. Expect to learn why exercising is...

#159 - Michael Malice - David Icke, Conspiracies & Cuddle Club

13 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Michael Malice is an author, political commentator & podcaster. In case you didn't know, me and Michael are now best friends after our first episode a...

#158 - Catch Up 104

09 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Jonny & Yusef from PropaneFitness.com join me for a highly requested Catch Up episode. No agenda, no specific topics, just us 3 discussing life. Expec...

#157 - Ben Greenfield - The Ultimate Daily Routine

06 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Ben Greenfield is a Coach, Author, Speaker, ex-Bodybuilder and Ironman Triathlete. We are what we repeatedly do. So when you have every known biohacki...

#156 - Scott Barry Kaufman - The New Science Of Self Actualisation

02 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Scott Barry Kaufman is a Psychologist at the Columbia University, a writer and podcaster. The world has quantifiable metrics of success, our objective...

#155 - Steven Fawcett - Understanding Fitness As A Competitor

30 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Steven Fawcett is a 3 Times CrossFit Games Athlete and Head Coach of JST Compete. How to become fit and how to use that fitness in a competitive envir...

#154 - Jason Calacanis - How Does Angel Investing Work?

26 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Jason Calacanis is an angel investor and podcaster. I'm constantly hearing stories of how people are making their millions and billions angel investin...

#153 - Isolation Hacks 101

23 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Jonny & Yusef from PropaneFitness.com join me for a special remote-recorded episode. The world is in shutdown and lifestyles have changed dramatically...

#152 - Lydia Denworth - Understanding Friendship

19 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Lydia Denworth is a writer and Contributing Editor for Scientific American. It's cliche to say that we're more connected than ever but have never felt...

#151 - Morgan Housel - What Has Covid-19 Done To The Economy?

16 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Morgan Housel is a writer and investor. Markets are down 25% and the biggest single day market move in recent history was due to the Coronavirus Outbr...

#150 - Derek Sivers - Making Decisions, Achieving Excellence & Finding Meaning

12 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Derek Sivers is a writer, entrepreneur & musician. Derek's episodes on The Tim Ferriss Show are some of my all time favourites so I was super excited ...

#149 - Dr Eric Feigl-Ding - Just How Bad Is COVID-19?

09 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Eric Feigl-Ding is an Epidemiologist at the Harvard Chan School of Public Health and Senior Fellow at the Federation of American Scientists. The Co...

#148 - Jason Stapleton - How To Survive The 21st Century

05 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Jason Stapleton is a former Force Recon Marine, investor and coach. The impending AI automation takeover is nearly here. If we're not careful we'll al...

#147 - Danny T - DJ Life, Building A Personal Brand & Mental Health

02 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Danny T is a DJ and producer. Expect to learn... How do you go from being a local DJ to touring Europe and selling out arenas? What are the principles...

#146 - Dr Heather Berlin - Considering Consciousness

27 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Heather Berlin is a cognitive neuroscientist and Professor of Psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine. All humans have a subjective experience of r...

#145 - Life Hacks 111

24 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Jonny & Yusef join me as our most popular series returns! Here we go with another Life Hacks episode as we detail our favourite apps, websites, resour...

#144 - Martin Schmalz - Artificial Intelligence, Big Data & China

20 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Martin Schmalz is a professor of Finance at Oxford University and an author. We're receiving constant warnings about the advent of Artificial Intellig...

#143 - John Assaraf - Understand Your Emotions & Take Control Of Your Life

17 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

John Assaraf is an author, entrepreneur and mindset expert. Our brains are the most complex organisms in the known universe, but they don't come with ...

#142 - Morgan Housel - How To Create & Manage Your Personal Wealth

13 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Morgan Housel is a writer and investor. Understanding the basics of money management is something none of us are taught but all of us need. Today we g...

#141 - Ryan Fischer - The Life Story

10 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Ryan Fischer is a multi-sport athlete, coach & gym owner. Ryan is one of the most interesting characters in fitness. From being among the top BMXers o...

#140 - Michael Malice - Dating, Cheetos, Liquor, Biden, Bernie & Fitness

06 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Michael Malice is an author, political commentator & podcaster. What happens if Biden or Bernie end up going head to head with Trump in 2020? Who crea...

#139 - Chelsea Ferguson - £10,000,000 From Selling Nudes

03 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Chelsea Ferguson is the founder of AdmireMe.vip. We're constantly being told that you can be anything you want and if you discover your passion in lif...

#138 - James Altucher - Treat Your Life As An Experiment

30 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

James Altucher is a chess master, writer, entrepreneur, investor, podcaster and comedian. Overcoming our life's natural inertia is hard. We overplan, ...

#137 - James Altucher - How To Improve Every Day & Harness The Power Of Ideas

27 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

James Altucher is a chess master, writer, entrepreneur, investor, podcaster and comedian. Everyone talks about compound improvements being the key to ...

#136 - Tucker Max - Personal Growth, Dating & Psychedelics

23 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Tucker Max is an author, speaker and the Co-Founder of Scribe. How do you go from being a professional asshole to a dad? From beer bongs to boardrooms...

#135 - Kamal Ravikant - How Loving Yourself Can Save Your Life

20 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Kamal Ravikant is an investor and writer. Do you love yourself? Do you even like yourself? The body and mind you inhabit is the only one you're going ...

#134 - Seth Stephens-Davidowitz - How Much Does Google Know About Me?

16 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Seth Stephens-Davidowitz is a former Data Scientist at Google and a writer. There are things which you write into Google which you have never told ano...

#133 - Roderic Yapp - Lessons From Afghanistan & Capturing Somali Pirates

13 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Roderic Yapp is a business coach and former Royal Marines Officer. What was it really like to be on the front lines in Afghanistan? How do you recaptu...

#132 - Charlotte Fox Weber - Do I Need Therapy?

09 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Charlotte Fox Weber is the Head of Psychotherapy at The School Of Life. Therapy is a term that comes with a lot of baggage. It's seen as a last ditch ...

#131 - What I Would Tell My 18 Year Old Self

06 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Jonny & Yusef join me for the first episode of the new year as we ask each other what would we tell ourselves 10 years ago. If you were given a 30 sec...

#130 - Keith Cooper - The Contact Paradox: Where Are All The Aliens?

30 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Keith Cooper is the Editor of Astronomy Now and an author. Why is searching for aliens so hard? How would they contact us? How would we decode a messa...

#129 - Christmas Special - Hacks, Fails & Lessons From 2019

23 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Jonny & Yusef from Propane Fitness join me for a special Christmas edition end of year recap. In 2019 what did we love, what did we hate, what did we ...

#128 - Benjamin Dennehy - The UK's Most Hated Sales Trainer

19 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Benjamin Dennehy is a sales trainer. Being able to sell is a skill many people want. The ability to control your income by selling things for other pe...

#127 - Koen Smets - The Behavioural Economics Of How We Spend Our Time

16 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Koen Smets is a behavioural economist and professor. We've been told "time is money" for all our lives, but how does time RELATE to money? We can't sa...

#126 - Sean Carroll - The Problem With Quantum Mechanics

12 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Sean Carroll is a theoretical physicist, podcaster and author. Quantum physics is complicated. The quantum world does not operate like the one we see ...

#125 - How To Become An Online Coach

09 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Jonny and Yusef from PropaneFitness.com join me today as we talk about how to become an online coach. The opportunity to work from anywhere in the wor...

#124 - James Lindsay - Social Justice Explained: The Foundations Of Wokeness

05 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

James Lindsay is an author & researcher. I've been exposed the words Social Justice Warrior, Wokeness and Post Modernism a lot over the last year, but...

#123 - Sobriety 101 - Why Sobriety?

02 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Jonny & Yusef from PropaneFitness join me for a new series. Over the last 3 years I've spent more than 24 months sober. Choosing to not drink when you...

#122 - Buster Benson - How To Argue With Someone

25 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Buster Benson is an entrepreneur & writer. How do we have a productive disagreement with another person? The art of conversing with someone to create ...

#121 - Brian Mackenzie - How To Breathe Properly

18 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Brian is the Creative Director at Power Speed Endurance. We all breathe, but are we doing it right? The breath controls much more than we might realis...

#120 - Professor Paul Bloom - What Do BDSM & Meditation Have In Common?

14 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Paul Bloom is an author and a Professor of Psychology at Yale. Why is suffering a cause of pleasure for some people? What do BDSM, being robbed, extre...

#119 - Kelly Starrett - Getting Better At The Game Of Life

11 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Kelly Starrett is a CrossFit trainer, physical therapist, author and speaker. Expect to learn what Kelly thinks about the Game Changers documentary, h...

#118 - Dr Larry Sanger - Why Is Wikipedia Broken?

07 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Larry Sanger is the ex-founder of Wikipedia. Wikipedia is almost a public utility now, like water or energy. It's one of the most visited sites on ...

#117 - Aubrey Marcus - What Makes A Good Life?

04 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Aubrey Marcus is a podcaster, author and CEO. I wanted to find out how Aubrey defines living a good life, and how he structures his world to ensure th...

#116 - Sanjay Rawal - 3100 Miles: The Longest Race On Earth

31 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Sanjay Rawal is an award-winning filmmaker. Today we learn about the longest race on earth which takes place in the middle of New York around a squa...

#115 - Life Hacks 110

28 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Jonny & Yusef join me again for another Life Hacks episode as we detail our favourite apps, websites, resources and tools for a productive and efficie...

#114 - Sonny Webster - Bad Days, Good Days & Staying Resilient

24 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Sonny Webster is a weightlifter and online coach. Some days you're feeling it, some days not so much. All of us have good and bad periods to contend w...

#113 - Alex Hutchinson - Analysing Eliud Kipchoge’s Sub-2 Hour Marathon

21 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Alex Hutchinson is a journalist, athlete and author. Eliud Kipchoge recently rocked the world by breaking the previously unthinkable 2 Hour Marathon R...

#112 - Brett Jones - What Is Strength?

17 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Brett Jones is the Director of Education at Strong First. For every article suggesting one-per-week heavy lifts there's another advocating daily top e...

#111 - Cristoph - Life Behind The Decks - Mental Health As An International DJ

14 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Cristoph is a DJ and producer. Being a world star international DJ playing to thousands of screaming fans, having songs in the #1 spot and touring the...

#110 - Dr Sarah Jones - The Future Of Virtual Reality

10 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Sarah Jones is an immersive storyteller using AR, VR and 360. For the last 50 years or so, storytelling hasn't massively changed its form, but with...

#109 - Douglas Murray - The Price Of Thinking Out Loud

07 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Douglas Murray is a journalist, author and an associate editor of The Spectator. What is the price of thinking out loud about the most inflammatory t...

#108 - Peter Frankopan - The New Silk Roads

03 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Peter Frankopan is a Professor of Global History at Oxford University, Director at the Oxford Centre for Byzantine Research and an author. In the west...

#107 - Graeme Garrard - How To Think Politically

30 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Graeme Garrard is a Teacher at Cardiff University & Harvard Summer School and an author. Why do we need politics? And who are the individuals that h...

#106 - Business Principles 102 - Should I Work For Myself?

26 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Jonny & Yusef from PropaneFitness.com join me for another Business Principles episode. Today we're talking about one of the questions we're most commo...

#105 - Thomas Johnson - What Is An Ethical Hacker?

23 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Thomas Johnson is an ethical hacker and social engineer. Hacking is often thought of as a dark art. Dark basements and illegal activities. But there's...

#104 - Nir Eyal - How To Control Your Attention And Become Indistractable

19 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Nir Eyal is an author, business owner and Teacher at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and Design. What would life be like if we didn't get dis...

#103 - Cosmic Skeptic - Veganism, Atheism and Morality

16 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Alex O'Connor aka Cosmic Skeptic is a YouTuber and Student at Oxford University. How many people go vegan due to a philosophical debate? And how many ...

#102 - Frank Dikotter - How To Be A Dictator

12 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Frank Dikotter is a historian and author. The 20th Century was characterised by an attempt on the one hand to build up civil society and have cheques ...

#101 - Sienna Day - What Is Life Like As A Pornstar?

09 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Sienna Day is a pornstar. Kind of like chicken nuggets, everyone is familiar with porn but few of us understand how it's made. Today we get to find ou...

#100 - Episode 100 Special Edition Q&A

05 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Jonny & Yusef join me for a special edition Q&A to celebrate 100 episodes of Modern Wisdom. Expect to learn... everything that the internet wanted to ...

#099 - Chris Sparks - Productivity Without Limits

02 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Chris Sparks is a productivity coach, founder of The Forcing Function and a Former Top 20 Worldwide Online Poker Player. What happens when a world fam...

#098 - Mike Winnet - The Contrepreneur Formula Exposed: Behind The Scenes

29 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Mike Winnet is an entrepreneur and a professional Get Rich Quick ad clicker. The people who made the real money in the gold rush weren't digging for g...

#097 - Andrew Doyle - Who Is Titania McGrath?

26 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Andrew Doyle is a writer and comedian. Titania McGrath is now fully established as the Queen of the internet Woke Movement and today we get to meet th...

#096 - Zuby - Strength, Faith and Survival Tactics

22 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Zuby is a rapper, author and podcaster. Zuby exploded onto the internet earlier this year and after a number of months being mentioned on the biggest ...

#095 - George MacGill - Mental Models 102 - The Decision Strikes Back

19 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

I'm joined by long time friend of the show and all round great human George MacGill to re enter the world of Mental Models. Mental Models are tools yo...

#094 - Brian Carroll - What Does It Feel Like To Squat 1000lbs?

15 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Brian Carroll is a coach, author and multiple world record holding powerlifter. Brian is one of the strongest men on the planet, having squatted 1000l...

#093 - Roger McNamee - Is Facebook Zucked?

12 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Roger McNamee is a businessman, investor, musician and founding partner of the venture capital firm Elevation Partners. Roger has had a front seat to ...

#092 - Scott H Young - Ultralearning

08 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Scott H Young is a blogger, programmer and author. Learning new things is hard. Learning new things quickly is even harder. So how did Scott manage to...

#091 - Richard Shotton - Some Very Important Effects In Advertising

05 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Richard Shotton is a behavioural scientist, the Founder of Astroten and an author. What is the reason that restaurants don't put £ signs in front of ...

#090 - Dr Taylor Burrowes - A PhD In Relationship Advice

01 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Taylor Burrowes is a Doctor of Marriage, Couples and Family Counselling. After working for 14 years as a mental health counsellor and marriage an...

#089 - Professor David Carroll - Netflix's The Great Hack: Behind The Screens

29 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

David Carroll is an associate professor at Parsons School of Design. The Great Hack is one of my favourite documentaries of 2019 and today we get a fa...

#088 - Nat Eliason - The Five Best Books You've Never Read

25 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Nat Eliason is the founder of GrowthMachine.com and the host of the Made You Think Podcast. Nat likes to read and think. Today we get to hear his five...